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GLoops Operating Manual

16. The Operating Manual Rule

Story moment

The manual becomes executable

A future agent should not ask what matters. It should enter through the manual, name the role, name the burden, and produce evidence.

The manual becomes executable
Chapter 16

Executive Summary

What this chapter establishes

The Operating Manual Rule gives every future agent seven questions before acting.

Operator ExperienceAgents must name role, responsibility, burden, surface, evidence, mechanism, and continuation.
Concept trail
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Agent Operating Manual Decision Flow
Agent Operating Manual Decision FlowWhat to notice: Notice the final check: the work only counts if GLoops continues without further prompting.

Every future agent begins here. When uncertain, answer these seven questions before acting:

  1. What operational role are we replacing?
  2. What responsibility of that role is targeted?
  3. What burden disappears?
  4. Where does the operator experience the change?
  5. What evidence proves the outcome?
  6. Does GLoops become the mechanism (not the human)?
  7. Does the organization continue without prompting?

If these cannot be answered, the work is probably not ready.

Chapter closeout

Decision ledger

Key Decisions

  • If the questions cannot be answered, the work is probably not ready.

Open Questions

  • Where should the seven-question checklist live in GLoops?

Related Chapters

  • Ch. 8 - Execution Doctrine
  • Source Map - WORK_ORDER_SPEC
  • Role Replacement Explorer